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What (who) is curmudgeonly - definition
curmudgeonly
If you describe someone as curmudgeonly, you do not like them because they are mean or bad-tempered. (OLD-FASHIONED)
ADJ [disapproval]
Curmudgeonly
·adj Like a curmudgeon; niggardly; churlish; as, a curmudgeonly fellow.
curmudgeon
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Curmudgeon (disambiguation); Curmudgeons
n.
Miser, niggard, churl, hunks, skinflint, scrimp, lickpenny, screw, mean fellow, sordid wretch.
Examples of use of curmudgeonly
1. Gregory House is blunt, curmudgeonly –– and fascinating.
2. The entertainingly curmudgeonly decision even made the national news.
3. Ted could be grumpy, even curmudgeonly, in his personal relationships.
4. He‘s found fame in America playing a curmudgeonly doctor in the TV drama House.
5. Certainly curmudgeonly, Robin Cook was guilty of that great Westminster crime of not being clubbable.